Volunteers Surge at Englewood Elementary Aid Drive
Englewood Elementary School has attracted a flood of local volunteers to tutor seven Southeast Asian children in basic English after a Suncoast Times article. Assistant administrator Joann Stancil says more than 40 calls came in, with many volunteers reassigned to other needed tasks. sessions are thirty minutes, a few times weekly, and a public call number 474-3247 remains open during school hours.
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Englewood Elementary
Joann Stancil
Englewood Herald
Suncoast Times
Stancil
Mrs. Stancil
John Doughty
Englewood
Chen Chen
Tae Hyung Kim
AAUW Venice Branch meeting and events listed
Venice Branch of the American Association of University Women will meet December 11 at noon at Venice Nokomis United Methodist Church. A Christmas potluck luncheon precedes a program by the Venice Gondoliers Barbershop Octet. Details for members and info line provided. Also noted are December 2 Evening Group meeting and a November 22 marriage of Meda Carless to Reed Wilson at 881 Poinciana Rd in Venice with reception at the bride’s home.
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Frances Bourne
Picasso
Nokomis
Samuel Yett
George Krager
Frances Edwards
Elaine St
Venice
Max Metzler
Edward Hearne
Hammarskjold
Thant
U.N
O’henry
Stewarts
AAUW
Bridge For Fun
Fred Ruff
West Matisse Circle
Jacaranda Plaza
Erick Berglund
Antarctica
American Savings and Loan
Argylene Houghtaling
Health and Rehabilitation Service
Sarasota
E.E. Battelle
Forked Creek
South Venice
Katherine Williams
Trento Dr
Arts and Music
Ruth and
The
American Association of University Women
Venice-Nokomis United Methodist Church
Palm Ave
Venice Gondoliers Barbershop
Jos. Gunshannon
Irene Miller
Charles Concordia
Mary Dougherty
Malcolm Ferguson
Dorothy Fuhrmeister
W.J. Owen
William Rose
Anthony Russo
Charles Roosa
Glen Oak Rd
Venice Gardens
Elwyn Dell
Jean Meadows
Sarasota County
Meda Carless
Patricia Morgan
William Christy
Milford
Ohio
Reed P. Wilson
Edgar Wilson
Mr. Wilson
Poinciana Rd
Felix Zeigler
Christy
Courtney
Venice Area BPW Club to celebrate 25th anniversary
The Venice Area BPW Club plans a December 10 meeting marking 25 years. Past presidents and charter members will be honored along with state and district officers. Guest speaker Virginia Layman, Englewood realtor and long-time BPW member, will discuss No Greater Gifts Sharing Our Talents after dinner.
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Venice Area
Business and Professional Women’s Club
Virginia
Englewood
Carolyn Hall
Debby Paine
Festival of Giving by Venice Area Girl Scouts
The Venice Area Girl Scouts plan a Festival of Giving on Friday Dec 12 at the Venice Shopping Center parking lot off U S 41 B. Senior Troop 42 sponsors the event with carol singing and collection of canned goods for South County Pantry and goody bags for Brownies and younger scouts. Santa’s helper is expected and the public is invited to join in the carols and gifts.
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Venice
U.S. 41
Jan Bennett
South County Pantry
Women United
Santa
NEAT Promotes Nutrition Education in Sarasota Elementary Schools
Lois Jones, the county nutrition education consultant, leads NEAT a program to involve 4th 5th and 6th graders in school food service at Sarasota County schools. Teams will meet monthly to learn about nutrition menu planning handling and promotions and to evaluate meals and equipment. Englewood Elementary School sixth grade NEAT representatives will meet during lunch on Monday.
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Sarasota County
Lois Jones
NEAT
Nutrition Education Action Teams
Englewood Elementary School
Bryn Mawr College Rep Visits Sarasota Area
Kathy Taylor of Bryn Mawr College will meet Sarasota area students and guidance counselors after College Night interest. She hosts a Dec 9 gathering at 443 Picasso Drive Sorrento South and a Dec 10 session with guidance counselors at Venice Riverview Pineview and Sarasota High Schools. Call Miss Bourne at 966 5128 for details.
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Sarasota County
Bryn Mawr College
Kathy
Frances Bourne
Picasso Drive
Sorrento South
Taylor
Bryn Mawr
Miss Taylor
Venice
Riverview
Pineview
Sarasota
Miss Bourne
Picturesque Puppets at Venice Library Show
The cast of tiny performers present a staged picture puppet show on Friday December 26 at 2 30 p m at the Venice Area Public Library. Left to right back row Wicked Magician Elsie Osburn Prince Robin Frieda Kennedy Princess Silverbell.
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Venice Area Public Library
Wicked Magician
Elsie Osburn
Prince Robin
Frieda Kennedy
Princess Silverbell
Puppets Ready for The Magic Onion Show at Library
Puppeteers led by Charlotte Foster prepare puppets costumes and voices for The Magic Onion. The 2:30 p.m. Friday December 26 performance at the Venice Area Public Library targets elementary children during holidays.
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Charlotte Foster
Peggy Millar
Tilly Reughan
Dot Fuermeister
Frieda Kennedy
Elsie Osburn
Foster
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Charlotte Smith
Julia Strang
H.B. Tolles
Wilson
First Venice Savings and Loan Association
Florida
Cleveland
BPW Club
BPW
Hillsboro
Virginia Layman Inc
Fred Barrett
Jay
Venice High
Joe
Lemon Bay High
Out West
Larimee
Wyo
Venice Area Girl Scouts
Vereen Shep
Angela Lenardson
College Admissions Office
Children's Department
Detroit Puppeteer Guild
Venice-North Port
Jewish War Veterans of the USA
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